Surrounded by a host of tropical plants, trees and fungi in Kew Gardens, David Lammy argued something surprising: that climate change would be “central to all the Foreign Office does.”
In light of the current state of international affairs, it is remarkable that Lammy’s maiden speech – regally named ‘The Kew Lecture’ – addressed the climate crisis. Last week, Lammy was in Washington D.C. accompanying the prime minister to a meeting with Joe Biden and is expected at the UN General Assembly next week. Sources close to Lammy say he will only be attending one day of this weekend’s Labour Party Conference due to an extremely busy international schedule.
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